Aging anxiety and personality traits among Taiwanese undergraduates

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1385-1390

  Gao, Yu Jing ^a,b  

^a HSUAN CHUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aging; Aging anxiety; Personality traits; Taiwan; The big five

Indexed keywords

EID: 76149091928     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2009.37.10.1385     Document Type: Article

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